Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel started the Kaushalya Matritva Yojana by distributing checks of five thousand rupees to five beneficiaries for safe motherhood in the state-level women's conference organized at BTI Maidan in Raipur.
Jiya Rai, an Indian para-swimmer, started swimming from Palk Strait, Talaimannar in Sri Lanka and in 13 hours she reached Arichalmunai in Dhanushkodi, Tamil Nadu.